Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation by Kristin Kobes Du Mez

14 reviews

meganpbell's review

dark informative reflective medium-paced

4.75

This 75-year-spanning study by a Christian historian traces American evangelicals’ takeover of the Republican Party and shows how their highest values—militarism and masculinity, patriarchy and patriotism—turned a modest Jesus Christ into a macho John Wayne, and made voting for Donald Trump not a necessary evil, but a natural conclusion. As disturbing as it is revelatory, this book is a must read for anyone seeking to make sense of this political era.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity, Sexual harassment, Child abuse, Sexism, War, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Incest, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Islamophobia, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, and Rape

pearlisarobot's review

challenging dark informative tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Colonisation, Sexism, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Gun violence, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Homophobia, Misogyny, Cultural appropriation, Religious bigotry, Classism, and Racism

Minor: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Trafficking, War, Violence, Hate crime, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Antisemitism, Rape, Child abuse, Colonisation, Genocide, and Mental illness

fkshg8465's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

5.0

This book is full of triggers, so be forewarned before you read it. It filled me with shame for having voted for Reagan the first time I got to vote (I was only mimicking my parents’ votes, but still…). It also makes me wonder why the Islamic culture is the enemy when there are so many parallels in the White evangelical culture that run this country. The book also makes clear to me that everything wrong with the US is perpetuated by this same group.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Xenophobia, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Antisemitism, Biphobia, Bullying, Child abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Lesbophobia, Sexual assault, War, Homophobia, Incest, Islamophobia, Pedophilia, Sexism, and Infidelity

madscientistcat's review against another edition

challenging dark informative medium-paced

4.75

Incredibly informative and impeccably researched. If you want to understand what evangelicals really are and how the community got to where they are now and why they’ve had their outsized impact on the US government, this is it. You will leave this book understanding that and also probably depressed and anxious. The definition of “thanks, I hate it.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Gun violence, Racism, Xenophobia, Bullying, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Misogyny, and Islamophobia

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual violence, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Rape, Slavery, War, Infidelity, Incest, Hate crime, and Deportation

elnelson's review against another edition

challenging informative slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Islamophobia, and Sexism

Moderate: Xenophobia, Transphobia, Infidelity, Rape, Homophobia, Gun violence, Gaslighting, Fatphobia, Sexual assault, Outing, Sexual harassment, War, Physical abuse, Incest, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, and Deportation

sorry_imbooked's review

challenging emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Religious bigotry, Misogyny, and Islamophobia

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Transphobia, and Child abuse

caseythereader's review

challenging dark informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Racism, Religious bigotry, Infidelity, Islamophobia, Homophobia, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, and Sexual violence

mfrisk's review against another edition

informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

I can’t even begin to express how much I want everyone I know to read this book. It maps out with care, critique, and precision the rise of the religious right over time and where the cultural met the religious aspects of evangelism to bring us to the state of fear and anger which has stoked bubbling hatred and concealed abuse. I think this book is extremely important for those in politics or involved in civic engagement in any way to read as well as those who practice religion in a way which goes against the harmful ideals detailed in this book. It is not a guidebook to the other side of the harm which has been created but to better understand this movement is to know how to deconstruct it and I feel more informed having read this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Ableism, War, Violence, Xenophobia, Trafficking, Sexism, Racism, Islamophobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, and Child abuse

Minor: Abortion, Transphobia, and Gun violence

tamara_joy's review against another edition

informative sad tense

4.0

This explains so much. Sometimes hard to read, especially with the most recent stuff, but so well laid out.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexism, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Homophobia, Islamophobia, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

Minor: Colonisation, War, Classism, Incest, Rape, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, and Pedophilia

abutler's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Antisemitism, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Infidelity, Islamophobia, Pedophilia, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Transphobia, Violence, War, and Xenophobia